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Self-transformation: Ultimate aim of knowledge

As the human intellect advances towards goodness, man loves reading and acquiring knowledge; and when his intellect advances towards perfection and maturity, he not...

June 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse

High time for us a society to take responsibility The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on 26 June. Substance abuse...

Aalam e Akbar – Part Two

Translated from Kashmiri by: Ameen Fayaz By the end of the nineteenth century, a new branch of Zoology by the name of Phrenology was very popular...

Aharbal: Difficult to forget, easy to remember

Aharbal is located in the western part of south Kashmir in district Kulgam in the mountainous Pir Panjal region. It is about 28 km...

Aalam e Akbar – Part One

June 21st is celebrated as the birthday of renowned literary genius and public intellectual of Kashmir, Professor Mohi ud Din Hajini (1917-1993). In the...

What to expect from J&K parties when Delhi calls

All Kashmir-based unionist parties have described August 5th, 2019, as a black day and the unilateral actions by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as...

Mujgund: Abode of Love

I’m going to share with you my feelings and knowledge about my village ‘Mujgund’, which is an abode of love and peace. My beloved...

Growing madder and wiser in the lockdown

There used to be a time when I used to go to school every day, hang out with my friends every day, hug each...

Empowering people with disability in seeing to verify their votes

Section 11 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, states that the Election Commission of India and the State Election Commissions shall...

Caste system a major hurdle for marriages in Kashmir

In Kashmir caste is called as Kram or Zaat. It is reflected in the surname of people, which indicates the community they belong to....

PMGKAY: Shielding the Vulnerable in Crisis

In a major relief to the poor amid this devastating Covid- 19 pandemic, Prime Minster Narendra Modi announced on Monday, 7th June, that the...

In overcrowded prisons, lives and mental health at risk, especially of Kashmiris

The catastrophic second wave of Covid-19 across India has posed the gravest challenge to the country since the Partition in terms of loss of...

(Belated) Happy Father’s Day, Baba Sobia Khatoon

My dear Baba, Most often, I start off my writings with the dictionary definition of a particular word, a word that's the main theme of...

Restoring forest and aquatic ecosystems and mined areas

We cannot survive a single day without the natural environment. It is the only thing that makes life possible and sustainable. Thus it is...

Tips on exploring the unexplored Chiranbal

The best way to spend a vacation is to go to the hills. When the plains get too hot to bear, we look to...

Ground being prepared for assembly elections in J&K?

The last few weeks in Kashmir have been thick with rumours and conspiracy theories due to a perception of heightened deployment of security forces...

A man-made conflict with wild animals

The drastic changes in environmental conditions would surely lead to extinction of a large number of species in a short course of time. Extinction...

History in the light of Poetry: Interpreting the Quran

The story mentioned in Surah al-Fil (The Elephant) can be dismissed as myth or understood as history, if the poetry of that period is...

The Repressions of Rationalism

Modern man has lost his deep soul due to the unilateral focus on rationalism, which causes dreadful neurosis and existential crisis Dostoyevsky in the west...

Happy Birthday, Abrar, wherever you are

It's been long, my friend, since the day we sat and ate together. I still remember the day when I met you, the memory...

Probability analysis of the current set of rumours in Kashmir

A conspicuous movement of troops in Kashmir in the past few days has led to widespread rumour mongering. In homes and offices, markets and...

Online education: Another Brick in the Wall

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true...

The love of my family – my saviour from death!

Overwhelmed with a severe headache at around noon, I was rushed to a hospital nearby. Holding my throbbing head in my hands, I was...

The terrible consequences of a deceitful Zionism

Even a cursory glance at the Israel-Palestine issue will tell a story of betrayal and deceit. It tells us of the implementation of a...

Afghanistan after NATO exit

History may repeat itself too soon in Afghanistan. Nearly three decades ago when the last Soviet soldier left the Afghan soil, the events that...

They stand a better chance who know how to withstand

Generally speaking, individuals who count their blessings and not their troubles are psychologically better equipped to deal with stress The struggle for survival and success...

From first wave to second, a consistent callousness

Kashmir valley on March 18, 2020, recorded its first positive case of the novel coronavirus. A resident of Khanyar in Srinagar who arrived by...

Awareness of brain tumour can curb morbidity

A brain tumour is a collection, or mass of abnormal cells in the brain. Being the 10th leading cause of morbidity in India, the...

The misplaced fear of vaccination

Feroz Ahmad There are widespread rumours about Covid vaccines that they will have harmful effects. It has been often heard in conversations that some people...

From a touch-starved girl

While people suffering from Covid can lose the sense of smell and taste, touch is the sense that has been diminished for almost all...

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